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The Poisonwood Ambassadors

Confidence as America’s Chief Export in Henry James and Barbara Kingsolver

July 27, 2026 Classics Fiction Multi
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Singing Brahms His Own Lullaby
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How Jan Swafford’s Brahms Biography Turned Around My World in 80 Days

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An Open Letter to David Frum in Reply to His Botched "Romola" Review

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Bob Dylan, Richard Thompson, and the Marital Therapy of Memoir

The Memoirs of Two Folk Rock Giants Recast Their Public Façades

July 8, 2026
Commemorating the Commemoration of Sir Tom Stoppard
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Commemorating the Commemoration of Sir Tom Stoppard

The Man Who Gave a Name to a Theater - and Me

July 1, 2026
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Bella Vita, Brutta Morte—A Pandemic-Haunted Opera

What I Learned from the Trifurcated Tragic Ending of Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino Rossini, and playwright Terrence McNally

June 19, 2026
Shallow Lads and Narcissistic Dons
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Shallow Lads and Narcissistic Dons

What Nick Hornby and Michael Frayn Taught Me About the Artistic Life

June 9, 2026